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Two Upper Valley towns ask voters for local option tax

02-18-2025 7:01 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Facing rising costs of operation that are driving up property tax rates, two Upper Valley towns are asking voters to approve a 1% local options tax to augment municipal revenues.


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Hanover hires from within for new police chief

02-19-2025 2:49 PM

HANOVER — Out of 22 applicants from across the country, Hanover chose its second-in-command as the town’s new chief of police.


A second incarcerated man dies at Springfield, Vt., prison in less than a month

02-19-2025 10:00 AM

By OLIVIA GIEGER

Michael Myers, a 51-year-old incarcerated man at the Southern State Correctional Facility died Monday morning, according to releases from the Vermont State Police and Department of Corrections. 


Dartmouth immigration policies remain the same; students seeking support

02-19-2025 9:00 AM

By OLIVIA RICHARDSON

Dartmouth College says it isn’t changing any of its policies in response to recent changes in federal immigration enforcement, but it is taking other steps to support members of its community who could be affected.


‘They’re just that good.’ Cryptocurrency scams on the rise in NH

02-19-2025 8:41 AM

By TODD BOOKMAN

Police in Hampton, N.H., are responding to a wave of recent complaints from residents who have fallen victim to cryptocurrency scams and say that the scammers’ level of sophistication and organization are concerning.


Vandalism proves costly for two Newport men

02-18-2025 7:31 PM

By JOHN LIPPMAN

NEWPORT — A vandalism spree in which car tires were slashed, bus windows smashed and racist slurs spray painted on a homeowner’s car, garage and fence has turned out to be very costly for two Newport men.


Plan afoot to relocate Windsor Diner to alternate Main Street lot

02-18-2025 5:00 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WINDSOR — When Theresa Taylor closed the Windsor Diner in mid-January, she knew that the diner’s basement kitchen needed a new concrete floor and a furnace.


Judge rejects effort to block noncitizen voting in Burlington

02-18-2025 4:30 PM

By AUDITI GUHA

A Vermont judge has thrown out a lawsuit backed by a national conservative group that tried to block noncitizen voting in Burlington.


NH doctors warn against bill that could gut childhood vaccine-buying program

02-18-2025 3:28 PM

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Doctors, nurses and other public health professionals are speaking out against a bill that would dismantle New Hampshire's universal childhood vaccine purchasing program, saying it would increase barriers to vaccination and put kids’ health at risk.


Leader of cultlike Zizians linked to 6 killings ordered held without bail in Maryland

02-18-2025 2:14 PM

By LEA SKENE, HOLLY RAMER and PATRICK WHITTLE

CUMBERLAND, Md. — A Maryland court on Tuesday ordered a blogger known as Ziz who leads a cultlike group connected to six killings held without bail.


Elevated PCB levels at Hartford High and tech center require remediation

02-17-2025 6:31 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The school district faces extensive and costly remediation of several areas of the high school and career and technical center due to elevated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs, according to recently completed environmental testing.


Want to get paid to leave your hayfield alone? This project to help birds has a grant for you.

02-17-2025 6:01 PM

By MARA HOPLAMAZIAN

New Hampshire farmers can now apply for funding in exchange for leaving their hayfields alone in the early summer.


Transitions underway at West Lebanon’s Powerhouse Mall

02-17-2025 5:31 PM

By ELLE MULLER

WEST LEBANON — Two days after Christmas in late December, a mechanical failure in a tenant space at the Powerhouse Mall caused flooding that damaged the flooring in the main lobby and hallway of the first floor, and two tenant spaces.


‘The need is now’: Winooski approves ‘sanctuary school’ policy

02-17-2025 5:00 PM

By AUDITI GUHA

Vermont’s most diverse school district on Wednesday night became the first in Vermont to pass a sanctuary school policy to protect students and families from the impact of federal immigration enforcement actions, according to its superintendent.


Federal funding cuts could imperil medical research, NH institutions warn

02-17-2025 4:30 PM

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

Leaders at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Health say planned cuts to federal research grants could undermine advances in cancer treatment, Alzheimer’s research, rural health and other areas of medicine.


NH voters can now cap school spending on each student. Most are saying no.

02-17-2025 4:00 PM

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Voters have a new tool for controlling school spending. Under a law that took effect in October, they have the option to cap how much districts spend for each individual student — rather than voting on the district budget as a whole.


Democrats impatient over slow rollout of governor’s education plan as fault lines develop

02-17-2025 3:00 PM

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Gov. Phil Scott’s education reform ideas have absorbed much of the Legislature’s attention, but lawmakers are growing impatient with his administration for not yet introducing a bill with all the details. 


Ice climber injured in avalanche in Franconia Notch State Park

02-17-2025 12:43 PM

By TODD BOOKMAN

An avalanche shortly after noon on Sunday swept an ice climber approximately 300 feet in Franconia Notch State Park.


Proposed NH law says: This spud’s not for you, boater

02-17-2025 10:01 AM

By DAVID BROOKS

Boaters trying to create an extra mooring spot on New Hampshire lakes may soon find that their spud’s a dud.


Flu activity is high in NH

02-17-2025 9:00 AM

By PAUL CUNO-BOOTH

New Hampshire health officials say the flu is widespread and circulating in every part of the state.


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